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Abstract

A fabric-marking system employs applicator pads resiliently urged into opposed contact with upper and lower surfaces of a fabric for affixing a defect marker onto one or both surfaces of the fabric. The defect markers are supplied on a tape-type carrier strip. The defect markers include a pressure-sensitive adhesive and the carrier strip includes a release coating to permit the defect markers to be stripped therefrom. A leading defect marker is partly stripped from the carrier strip by being passed over a stripper bar. The partially stripped defect marker is disposed between the fabric and its applicator pad. The applicator pad is urged into contact with the portion of the defect marker that projects between the applicator pad and the fabric. Continued motion of the fabric strips the remainder of the defect marker from the carrier strip and the applicator pad irons it in place as it slides therepast. Feeding of either, both or neither of the upper or lower defect markers following a defect marker application may be selectively enabled and inhibited. If the fabric is stationary, feeding of defect markers is inhibited, whereby application of multiple markers in the same location is avoided. Feeding of upper and lower defect markers is controlled independently by label detectors effective for detecting the position of label edges on the carrier strip.

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